The Garth Doubleday Trust

Analysis

The Garth Doubleday Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Garth Doubleday Trust reported income of £115k and spending of £14k, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £406k to £115k (-72%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Garth Doubleday Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Out of Sight (£115k), Hospital of St Mary Magdalen (£115k) and The Blackpool Boys and Girls Club (£114k).